Ben Arfa Aims To Be World Class Player For Newcastle

Ben Arfa – when he first arrived in Newcastle last August The lad is getting close to returning to Newcastle to resume training with the squad, and we heard this morning that he seems to be in top physical shape already, having been training at the famous French National Football Academy, Clairefontaine, just outside of Paris.

The news is that the lad is working a full six hours a day, under the careful supervision of Paris Saint-Germain doctor Eric Roland, and the doctor told the French press yesterday that Ben Arfa was making significant progress.

And the Newcastle Journal this morning is reporting that with recent cardiogram tests performed at the Academy, the former Marseille midfielder is now in better condition than when he arrived on Tyneside last August.

That’s good to hear.

His agent Simon Stainrod has revealed what Hatem has been thinking while he’s been out:

“The permanent move is good for Hatem, it’s good for the fans and hopefully it’s good for the club,”

“Hatem is just grateful to Alan Pardew, he’s grateful to Derek Llambias and he’s grateful to Mike Ashley.”

“I think it lays a marker down and now Hatem is desperate to get back playing and pulling on that black and white shirt again.”

“He told me that his goal is to become one of the best players in the world in a Newcastle shirt.”

It will be a great time indeed, when Ben Arfa is back on Tyneside, and then when he first appears on that St. James’ Park pitch again, he’s going to be surprised by the massive roar that will come from the very appreciative Newcastle fans.

They have already taken this lad to their hearts, and why not, when his aim is to be a world class player for Newcastle United?

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HBA Will be a Legend at Newcastle We just need to get him Fully Fit Again – Probably Next Season and Tonk The Hell Out of the premier league with Him and Andy Carroll and Joey Barton etc we will do well Next Season.This season top 10 Finish Only I Think.

i’ll reserve my judgement till i see him performing week in week out…till then i just hope he’s a terrific signing for us and nothing more than that, certainly not a legend like a lot of fans and certain ED treats him but putting his picture on the banner when he played only 4 games for us and scored a wonder goal 🙂

Surely a 1st post should only count if it has something to say in it, other than the word ‘1st’! Can’t wait to see arfa terrifying defences. Hope he is the next ginola for us (sigh, those were the days)

To me though we already have a few LEGENDS at our club now whereas I think i could name quite a few players that could easily become legends

But to me the following are already legends

Harper Enrique Coloccini Barton Nolan

I haven’t mentioned Carroll simply because of the shirt he wears on his back and in order to become a legend of that calibre he would have to consistently perform for a few more seasons at least and NEVER leave the club until retirement

Then there are the likes of Ben Arfa, Tiote, Ranger, Simpson and a whole lot of youngsters that could become legends and I have to say this is my favourite Newcastle squad since the days of Sir Bobby (Shearer, Speed, Solano etc)

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